She's always had difficulties with her back. It might be a temporary condition ? we just can't tell for sure at this point.

We have never had a girls' team that's made it to the states. But who knows, this year could be historic.

The girls worked really hard for this and now they're enjoying the fruits of their labor. They were fresh at Yale, whereas at the Dartmouth meet they each ran an event before hand.

There are too many things being legislated that should be left up to the DOE.

I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists - you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they're 70.

I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.